Slip It In

“Slip It In” is the fourth studio album by Black Flag, originally released in 1984 on SST Records. It is an extension of the sound Black Flag utilized on its second album “My War”: heavy, cathartic, intense, dense and progressive. The album pursued the newer, lengthier song arrangements that Black Flag would develop until its demise. It also features Henry Rollins’ further development as a lyricist, contributing four of eight tracks on the album. This album also demonstrates Black Flag’s increasing use of instrumentals, where Greg Ginn demonstrates his increasingly more complex style. “Slip It In” was recorded on a brief break on the continuous tour for “My War”, which saw Black Flag at their most ambitious. This year they would release three full-length albums and toured nearly constantly, with Rollins noting 178 performances for the year, and about that many for 1985. With Dukowski gone, Ginn ceded much of the spotlight to Rollins, who had expressed some discomfort over being the group’s de facto spokesman, while Ginn was the recognized leader. Brand new repress, sealed!